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Ceiling Painting from the Tomb Chapel of Senenmut New KingdomSheikh Abd el-Qurna
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Mud plaster, paint. Unframed: H. 17 × W. 44 cm (6 11/16 × 17 5/16 in.) Framed: H. 24.4 × W. 51.7 × D. 6.5 cm, 13.1 kg (9 5/8 × 20 3/8 × 2 9/16 in., 28.8 lb.). From: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), Ceiling south of axial beam of front hall, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.
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